Michael Jackson’s changing faces

The arrest of Michael Jackson prompted us to dig into the Great Works Gallery to pull out this great example of using animation online: Dateline NBC combined a series of photographs of Michael Jackson’s face through the years and morphed them together to visually show the effect of all of his plastic surgeries – in a way more powerful than any quote or video clip could.

Of course, this interactive is already out of date — from the looks of it, the fading pop star has had some more surgery done since it was made!

COMMENTS

  • http://www.thenationaldebate.com Robert Cox

    I am not see it…are you sure that link is correct?

  • elena

    post another link, that link doesn’t lead to it.

  • xiebingling

    it’s the most horrible things in the world. Nature is beauty.

  • sandra

    i adore michael jackson!!!

  • Michael fan

    I was not a jackson fan growing up because I always believed what everyone told me (He’s ashamed of being black). But let’s be real here people. If he says he has vitiligo then he has vitiligo. He’s always had low self esteem. i must admit the only thing that’s never changed on him is his eyes and his voice. But let’s not forget all he’s been thru. i’m surprised he hasn’t commited suicide for all the pain the media has caused him. He obviously has personal conflicts. the media and the public makes it no better. If i was ever able to meet him i would give him a hug and tell him what a beautiful man he is inside and out. I will always love all of the music he ever made and i will always be a fan. Just leave him alone
    p.s And he’s innocent might I add.

  • 70′s Child

    Michael Jackson,

    With all my love I stand by you!!!

    Eternal love for always.
    70′s Child.

    http://www.jackson-line.co.uk

  • Harriet Cherif

    I personally have no comments on Michael’s changing faces,I just love him as my son,and praying for God to relieve him from his present situation.He has been accused, and on trial for things he is innocent of.Please let there be justice,instead of the trying to bring this poor boy down from his level.Remember the Lord said “what you do to the least of my brethren,you do unto me”.If he loves children,does that mean people should try to build up stories against him?Is there no justice in the world?Why should poor people try to be rich by making up stories to humiliate the innocent?
    God gave us all our chances,why don’t we try to go forward without hurting our neighbour?Michael,if you have the time to read my mail,please consider me your African mum praying for you.Keep your faith strong,and focuss your eyes on God,for He alone is able to deliver those who trust in Him.May the Lord see you through your painful moments..Amen.
    Harriet.

  • fiona

    michael jackson is and always will be the best. people will always try to destroy him cose he is a huge succsess. he is a victim of cruel and bored people, who have nothing better to do. i love him, always have, and always will.

  • Amelia Armstrong

    I’m a psychic in New York with unusual information about Michael Jackson.

    Currently I am writing a book about Reincarnaiton, and other spiritual subjects, and plan to include the following excerpt:

    Knowing who Michael Jackson was in a past life sheds enormous light on this mythical and extraordinary icon’s bizarre behavior, unusual character and appearance, and why the world should rejoice and feel blessed, because it’s unlikely we’ll ever see anyone like him again.

    Michael Jackson is the reincarnation of the Ancient Hellenistic King, Caesarion, the controversial love-child produced by the three month affair between Julius Caesar, Rome’s triumphant, uncrowned King, and Cleopatra, the famously exotic Queen of Egypt. At one point during his eventful side trip to Northern Africa, heralded by the media in film, theatre and literature, the world’s most powerful general took a break and traveled in luxury on Cleopatra’s gold-gilt barge, cruising down the Nile River with her, accompanied by 400 armed Roman ships and service boats.

    Born about one year later in 46 BC, Caesarion was spurned, even loathed, by Rome’s rising power elite, who refused to accept him as Caesar’s heir apparent, and emperor, of their burgeoning, muscle-bound, new empire, in the wake of the historical assassination on the Ides of March in 44 BC.

    Thus as a young child, surrounded by sinister and untrustworthy legions, families and friends, who vehemently turned on each other in their for power, Caesarion and his star-crossed mother found themselves thrust onto the strife torn shoals of the violent and y civil wars enflaming both Rome and Egypt at that critical juncture.

    Ruthlessly hunted down for nearly fifteen years, eventually Caesarion was caught and cruelly killed, probably with poison, along with his mother, Cleopatra, who fled Rome later and returned to Egypt. Caesarion and his half-brother by Marc Antony, the Roman general whom Cleopatra seduced in order to gain protection, were survived by their sister, Cleopatra Cilene, who quietly disappeared into the annals of history. With the ignominious s of Cleopatra and her two young sons, three thousand years of fabulous Egyptian dynastic rule and civilization, unprecedented wealth and history, were brought to a somber close, officially ending in 30 BC with the poignant of the still reigning Queen Cleopatra, who was 39-years-old.

    During the years Cleopatra and her royal brood were on the lam, treacherously hunted by the armed militaries of two Mediterranean countries, calling her “that ruinous monster,” Julius Caesar’s hand picked successor, Augustus Caesar, fought vigorously to deliver Rome out of the chaos and into which it fell after the legendary emperor’s .

    Still a child, Caesarion’s premature at the hands of the Romans, who brutally cut him down at the tender age of 14, prevented him from enjoying childhood, or ever growing up, for that matter. One can only speculate how difficult and frightening his foreshortened youth and childhood were, with him constantly demanding to know from his desperate, royal mother, a calculating, determined woman as well:

    “Why do they want to kill me if I’m the king? ….I’m the king!”

    With the sting of rebuke and so much sadness stashed in his memory, harboring a lifelong fear of growing up, Michael Jackson (detect the parallel phonetics between “Michael Jackson” and “Caesarion”) continued to plead his case with a similar lament after experiencing another tough and painful childhood in this lifetime, singing, “Have You Seen My Childhood?”

    The trauma of his present life paralleling that of his past (new buds in springtime, we reincarnate with what were used to or familiar with and grow from there) drove Michael Jackson’s current love for children and celebration of childhood, as well as his paranoia about growing up. Remaining a man-child with a shyness and haunting fear of strangers who again might want to poison him, he was prompted to wear surgical masks toward the end of his life, when he found himself surrounded again by those he felt he couldn’t trust. Building the estate he called Neverland Ranch, Jackson strove to create a safe haven and fantasy land for children who, like himself, wanted to avoid growing up for fear of what the world would do to them, of which he was all too aware.

    Michael’s past life also helps to explain the unfortunate legal issues which arose over his curious urge to sleep with children. In his past life, as members of the royal Egyptian Ptolemie Family, the children clustered in bed together at night, for comfort, protection and cultural reasons, behavior he had grown used to.

    Perplexed when confronted about what was to him common practice, unabashed, Michael snapped, “What’s wrong with sleeping with children? We’re a family! It’s a loving thing to do.” Unfortunately, the modern world’s conventional authorites and the country’s moral police strongly disagreed, punishing him accordingly.

    …Without delving too deeply into an explanation of Reincarnation, allow me to offer this simple metaphor:

    Like snowflakes, we repeatedly precipitate or materialize out of Spirit, a realm of existence which overlays the physical one, dropping gently out of the heavens when conditions are right, such as they are for snowflakes in winter.

    And like snowflakes, and here is the real miracle, each of us, one of several billion people alive on this planet, is unique. Our lives not as short lived as snowflakes, nonetheless, when our time is up, our bodies “melt away,” our essence or spirit reabsorbed back into the Spirit world, the Creator allowing us to experience numerous lifetimes on the physical plane in order to perfect ourselves.

    Michael Jackson is only one of many reincarnated Ancient Kings and Queens living and working among us today, many of whom are married to their Spirit Twins. In particular, Bill Gates, Bill Clinton and Jay Leno are Ancient Kings–Hellenistic, Roman and Celtic respectively–who’ve come back one last time to complete their legacies. And Princess Diana? Stunning beautiful and regal, she was an Ancient Egyptian Queen who came back briefly to teach us about Charity.

    As Caesar’s son, brutally cut down by the Romans, Caesarion was denied his birthright to rule as their new King. Thus when he came back, as Michael Jackson, successfully turning himself into an icon, he finally earned the privilege, notoriety and power he knew was due him, and was his right, winning the admiration and accolades owed to someone with the coveted title of “King.”

    Not a military king like his ancient father, but rather a musical one, like his glamorous, artistic Egyptian mother, who was a dancer and singer as well. Known forever as the King of Pop, Jackson’s appointed forum was the international theatrical stage. But while Jackson may not fit the conventional image or stereotype of a king, as the natural born issue of his royal father, Julius Caesar, he was, and continually strove to be, driving this crucial point home in his every presentation, claiming his right right up until the day he died.

    And there are many similarities between Jackson and Caesar. One is that Jackson constantly pushed the envelope, reflected in all of his dramatic expression–in his music–I’m Bad …Invincible …Dangerous ….Bloody–his showmanship, his appearance and his overall behavior–as he strove to take everything to the “next level.”

    Also like Caesar, Michael was a benevolent, even generous man, with the unusual ability to bring people together. Exploiting this talent, Michael brought some of the most gifted musicians in the world together in a moving and memorable charity performance–recall the song “We are the Children”–to help feed the starving hoards of Africa, arranging a similar benevolent event after 911.

    Knowing who he was, and that he was a king, Michael danced like he owned the world. Those working outside show business have no idea how much forethought, planning, preparation, and labor, not to mention money, go into even a low budget production, making Michael a calculating and true showbiz genius.

    And like the Ancient King Julius Caesar, Jackson’s is causing a hugely powerful resurgence of his popularity, his memorable music, imagery and energy resonating around the world. And as the celebration continues, there’ll probably be sitings, because Michael, a notorious prangster, will hang around for a while, enjoyably watching us pay tribute to him.

    But we really don’t need to worry about Michael. Because in the process of getting his due, he wound up having a really great time.
    *********

    Thank you very much for taking time to read this piece.

    Sincerely,
    Amelia Armstrong, A Psychic, @yahoo.com">aurelia.druid@yahoo.com

  • Laura

    Wow that is so interesting. I believe in reincarnation, and the proof is there… men of SCIENCE put people under hypnosis and often hear stories from the subjects former life. Thousands of children recall past lives. People wonder, if it’s true, why can’t most of us remember? Heck, can most of us remember our own childhoods from THIS life? I know I can’t, and most people I’ve asked agree that you remember and recall certain flashes of things, but most of it seems lost into the soul or subconscious…it’s not odd that we can’t remember things from lifetimes ago, but others believe that before we come to Earth we are freed from those memories of our past life, because they might interfer with your progress in this life, especially if the memories trouble you. You might have murdered someone, and in this life, wouldn’t dream of murdering someone so to find you did, would trouble you.

    Reincarnation and karma are tightly connected. Most know that karma is the belief that “what goes around comes around” good deeds attract good thing to you, bad things attract the same. I often think the trials and tribulations we each, personally, go through, have that karmic link. It totally makes sense about Michael, in his said past life as a Roman King to Julius and Cleopatra, that he has carried over some of the behavious deemed weird in this life. When I read that, an interesting thought struck me. Didn’t Elizabeth Taylor, Michael’s very good and loyal friend, proclaim that she believed she was Cleopatra in her past life? she played Cleopatra, of course, in the movie, but she also believed she was Cleopatra and she and Michael did share a special relationship in this life. I believe that your close friends and family have been with you through others lives, too. Like a karmic circle, you have the same ties bonding you together, the same things to work through. Often roles change. The mother and father might become the children, and the children, the parents. The mother and the son might become husband and wife in the next.. siblings or friends, uncles or grandparents. I think there comes a time though when your growth together is over and you have settled your karmic tie so they’ll come a point when your family will stop reappearing in your life’s and you’ll get totally new families. But in Michael’s case, possibly his mother in his former life, Cleopatra, became his very good friend, Elizabeth in this life.